As General Electric wraps up the final scheduled year of PCB dredging on the Hudson River, the U.S. EPA, elected officials in Washington County and a private property owner want the company's PCB processing facility in Fort Edward kept intact for industrial redevelopment.

Federal, state and city officials met Tuesday morning in Manhattan to voice concerns on the threat of climate change and urge New York to use every tool they have to prepare for global warming and mitigate its hazards.

The $2 million dredging operation serves two purposes; to keep the navigational channel deep enough and wide enough for ships to get through, and to remove a legacy of pollutants that have settled on the bottom.

As General Electric finishes up its final season of dredging the Hudson River of toxic PCBs, more than 160 state legislators sent letters to the CEO urging the company to go above and beyond its mandated dredging requirement.

East Rochester attorney David Morabito quietly filed a lawsuit two months ago against the state Department of Environmental Conservation, challenging the agency's decision to prohibit him from fracking on land he owns in Allegany County.

State lawmakers are adding their voices to local officials and environmental groups calling for General Electric to expand its billion-dollar dredging of Hudson River PCBs to include more of the river and the Champlain Canal.

Rensselaer County lawmakers are asking the state to hold back future environmental approvals for the proposed Northeast Energy Direct natural gas pipeline until after state health officials study potential health risks from such natural gas infrastructure.

New York’s congressional delegation needs to stand up and work to permanently ban fracking on our nation’s federal lands, to protect people’s health and ensure those lands are protected for our children.